Under-25s having sex with FIFTY per cent more people before marriage than their parents

WE CAN say goodbye to prudish Britain with the next generation of rebels.

Youngsters having twice as much sex before marriage than their parents

Younger people are likely to have up to twice as many sexual partners before marriage as their parents did, new research has revealed.

The shocking statistics claim youngsters growing up in the Tinder-dating culture will tear through over a third more relationships than their swinging sixties parents.

The desire to find ‘the right one’ means that the average 25-year-old now expects to have had 10 sexual partners before they settle down – a 50 per cent increase on their parents’ generation, who will have had just five sexual partners before marriage.

More than two-fifths of those aged over 50 married their first sexual partner, compared with 20 per cent of those aged 25 and under.

Even more worrying is the statistic that one in seven of the younger respondents will have 20 or more sexual partners before marriage, compared with just 3 per cent of their older counterparts.

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It's said a third of the youngsters do not expect to find a ‘life partner’, with two thirds claiming the reason behind this is because their generation hold no stigma around getting divorced.

Can this frivolous, frisky behaviour really be put down to their inability to understand the seriousness of divorce? Or is it just yet another way teens are trying to shock their parents?

It's not just the long list of sexual partners the youth of today are racking up - they're also pretty indecisive about where they're going to settle down.

Today’s YOLO youth will move home more than twice as many times as their parents with one in five expecting to change jobs at least ten times across their lifetime.

Talking of age - Express.co.uk Lifestyle has spoken to an expert about what the 'female body clock' really is and when it stops ticking. Should these youngsters be worried their lifestyle will affect their chances of having children?

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More than two-fifths of those aged over 50 married their first sexual partner

The research which was specially commissioned by Samsung Galaxy S6 edge to celebrate the launch of the S6 switch kit, compared and contrasted behavioural differences between those under the age of 25 and those over the age of 50.

The survey of 2,000 respondents reveals a younger generation who are unafraid of change and who fully expect to switch and swipe their way through life.

But one might worry the lack of fear around 'change' might lead to a nomadic, unsettled life in the future for the flighty new generation.

Sir Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology & Health at Manchester Business School, said: "This study shows the sheer speed of social evolution as within just one generation we have moved from stick to switch.

He added: "The younger generation are switching friends, partners, jobs and even homes in search of ‘the one’ – and this is likely to filter down to their purchasing decisions too with savvy switchers making sure they get the very best deals on everything from mortgages to mobile phones."